Spergularia marina

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Family:	CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:	Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Common Name:	Saltmarsh Sand Spurry
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Annual
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	SPMA2
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus	Spergularia
Species	Spergularia marina (L.) Besser - Saltmarsh Sand Spurry

Citation

Citation	SPERGULARIA MARINA (L.) Besser, Enum. Pl. 97. 1822.
Basionym:	Arenaria rubra var. marina L. 1753.
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Alsine heterosperma	Alsine heterosperma Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 501. 1843, nom. illegit.	Arenaria marina (Linnaeus) Allioni 1785; Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Alsine marina	Alsine marina (Linnaeus) Mertens & W. D. J. Koch, in Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3. 3: 293. 1826.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Alsine marina var. minor	Alsine marina (Linnaeus) Mertens & W. D. J. Koch, var. minor Heynhold, Nom. Bot. Hort. 38. 1840.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Alsine maritima	Alsine maritima Pallas ex House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 134. 1921, nom. illegit.	Arenaria marina (Linnaeus) Allioni 1785; Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Alsine sparsiflora	Alsine sparsiflora (Greene) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 134. 1921.	Tissa sparsiflora Greene 1895.
Alsinella media	Alsinella media Hornemann, Nomencl. Fl. Danic. 32. 1827, nom. illegit.	Arenaria marina (Linnaeus) Allioni 1785; Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Arenaria halophila	Arenaria halophila Bunge ex Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 2: 162. 1830.
Arenaria marina	Arenaria marina (Linnaeus) Allioni, Fl. Pedem. 2: 114. 1785.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Arenaria rubra var. marina	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 423. 1753.		Without data, Hort. Cliffort. 6 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Rossbach, Rhodora 42: 134-136. 1940.
Arenaria salina	Arenaria salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 401. 1824.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Buda marina	Buda marina (Linnaeus) Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 110. 1827.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Buda marina var. leiosperma	Buda marina (Linnaeus) Dumortier, var. leiosperma (Kindberg) N. Brown ex S. Watson & J. M. Coulter, in A. Gray, Manual, ed. 6. 90. 1889.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Buda marina var. minor	Buda marina (Linnaeus) Dumortier, var. minor S. Watson & J. M. Coulter, in A. Gray, Manual, ed. 6. 90. 1889.
Corion marinum	Corion marinum (Linnaeus) N. Brown, in Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3B, suppl. 48. 1892.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Corion marinum var. leiospermum	Corion marinum (Linnaeus) N. Brown, var. leiospermum (Kindberg) N. Brown, in Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3B, suppl. 48. 1892.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Lepigonum leiospermum	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg, Monogr. Gen. Lepigon 23, 5. 2(10). 1863.
Lepigonum marinum	Lepigonum marinum (Linnaeus) Kindberg, Monogr. Gen. Lepigon. 18. 1863.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Lepigonum neglectum	Lepigonum neglectum Kindberg, Monogr. Gen. Lepigon. 6. 1863.
Lepigonum salinum	Lepigonum salinum (J. Presl & C. Presl) Fries, Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant., Alt. 3, 34. 1839.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Spergula leiosperma	Spergula leiosperma (Kindberg) F. Schmidt, Reis. Amur-Land., Bot. 131. 1868.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Spergula salina	Spergula salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) D. Dietrich, Syn. Pl. 2: 1598. 1840.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Spergularia heterosperma	Spergularia heterosperma Lebel, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 14: 45. 1869, nom. illegit.	Alsinella heterosperma Gussone 1843, nom. illegit.; Arenaria marina (Linnaeus) Allioni 1785; Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Spergularia leiosperma	Spergularia leiosperma (Kindberg) F. Schmidt ex Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodora 12: 162. 1910.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Spergularia neglecta	Spergularia neglecta Syme, in Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3B. 2: 129, t. 255. 1864.
Spergularia rubra var. marina	Spergularia rubra (Linnaeus) J. Presl & C. Presl, var. marina (Linnaeus) A. Gray, Manual 64. 1848.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Spergularia salina var. genuina	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl, var. genuina Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 492. 1910, nom. inadmiss.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Spergularia salina var. leiosperma	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl, var. leiosperma (Kindberg) Guerke, in Richter, Pl. Eur. 2: 196. 1899.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Spergularia salina var. minor	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl, var. minor B. L. Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 29: 312. 1894.
Spergularia salina var. sordida	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl, var. sordida (Greene) Jepson, Fl. Calif. 1: 494. 1914.	Tissa salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) Britton, var. sordida Greene 1891.
Spergularia sparsiflora	Spergularia sparsiflora (Greene) A. Nelson, in J. M. Coulter & A. Nelson, Man. Bot. Rocky Mts., ed. 2. 187. 1909.	Tissa sparsiflora Greene 1895.
Spergularia marina	Spergularia marina (Linnaeus) Grisebach, Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 213. 1843.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.	Without data, Hort. Cliffort. 6 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Rossbach, Rhodora 42: 134-136. 1940.
Spergularia salina	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl, Fl. Cech. 95. 1819.
Stipularia marina	Stipularia marina (Linnaeus) Haworth, Syn. Pl. Succ. 104. 1812.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.
Tissa leiosperma	Tissa leiosperma (Kindberg) A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 6: 84. 1910.	Lepigonum leiospermum Kindberg 1863.
Tissa salina	Tissa salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 127. 1889.	Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl 1819.
Tissa salina var. sanfordii	Tissa salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) Britton, var. sanfordii Greene, Fl. Francisc. 129. 1891.		CALIFORNIA
Tissa salina var. sordida	Tissa salina (J. Presl & C. Presl) Britton, var. sordida Greene, Fl. Francisc. 129. 1891.		CALIFORNIA
Tissa sparsiflora	Tissa sparsiflora Greene, Erythea 3: 46. 1895.		WYOMING: Albany Co.: Seven Mile Lake, 7 mi. SW of Laramie on Woods Landing Road, 15 Oct 1895, Nelson 1158 (holotype: NDG; isotypes: GH, US).
Tissa marina	Tissa marina (Linnaeus) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 126. 1889.	Arenaria rubra Linnaeus, var. marina Linnaeus 1753.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ALNHS00006122	Mobile	17 Apr 2018	Barger, T. Wayne SP#4151	ALNHS Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.
UNA00073488	Mobile	04 Apr 2010	Barger, T. Wayne SP-283	UNA Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.
UWAL0016854	Mobile	23 May 2013	Horne, Howard E. 2204	UWAL Spergularia salina J. & K. Presl
AMAL00020021	Mobile	23 May 2013	Horne, Howard E. 2204	AMAL Spergularia salina J. & K. Presl
UNA00033706	Mobile	_ Apr 1870	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Spergularia salina J.& K. Presl
AMAL00011695	Mobile	17 Mar 2012	Horne, Howard E. 1741	AMAL Spergularia salina J. & K. Presl
ALNHS00005543	Mobile	21 Mar 2018	Barger, T. Wayne SP#3627	ALNHS Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
AMAL00020071	Mobile	04 Apr 2010	Barger, T. Wayne 283	AMAL Spergularia salina J. & K. Presl
UWAL0012328	Mobile	04 May 2013	Horne, Howard E. 2145	UWAL Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl
UWAL0049497	Baldwin	10 Apr 2018	Bryson, Charles T. 25541	UWAL Spergularia marina (L.) Griesb.

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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